Telecommunications

Consultant to the public broadcasting TV station in Los Angeles on how to use satellites for broadcasting its programming independently to the public broadcasting system;

Represented clients on projecting involving the FCC's computer inquiry, advanced technologies, radio common carriers, and regulation of all types of broadcasting, cable TV, and other telecommunications products and services. Also, assisted leading banking client with emerging international privacy and data protection laws and regulations;

assisted on regulatory and market analysis for satellite operations company, including on changing regulations to allow sale of transponders instead of leases;

taught communications law courses at Loyola Marymount University and UCLA Extension: School of Business and Management;

Advised major user of telecommunications services on telecommunications regulation, particularly during the AT&T antitrust case changes and the establishment of access charges;

represented cable television companies and TV production and distribution companies;

Represented clients in filing comments in FCC common carrier, broadcasting, and satellite proceedings, and in filing applications for full and low power television stations;

Drafted and negotiated contracts to acquire international satellite services and with resell electronic mail services;

Assisted cellular carrier in connection with its acquiring products and services to build out its infrastructure and offer its services to the public;

drafted an article for the Business Law Section of the ABA on regulation of enhanced telecommunications services and electronic funds transfer services;

drafted model agreements for new competitive local exchange carrier to offer its new services and drafted and edited agreements to acquire products and services to be able to offer its own services to its customers;

represented many buyers of telecommunications products and services, including telecommunications facilities and services, switching systems, and call centers;

represented a shared tenant services telecommunications company that offered long distance and local services and equipment to tenants in executive suites; drafted customer agreements, agreements with local carriers, such as Pacific Bell, and other agreements;

represented an affiliate of the Healthcare Association of Southern California offered emergency telecommunications and other services to hospitals in California; drafted agreements involving radio towers, emergency radio services, and software licenses sold to California counties for these services;

advised the State of Washington, Department of Information Services, in connection with telecommunications regulatory issues.

served on the Advisory Board for the public radio station in Seattle, KUOW-FM. I later helped establish the non-profit that manages the station which is licensed to the University of Washington, and I drafted the agreement under which the non-profit manages the license. I later became the Secretary for a year and President for two years of the non-profit.

served on the Advisory Board for the public television station in Seattle, KCTS-TV;

drafted model agreements for a cable TV MSO to offer commercial telecommunications, Internet and other services to supplement standard video services; and

represented the State of Washington's Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing with its Telecommunications Relay Services project, drafting and negotiating its agreement with Sprint Communications Company;